NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit El Dorado, CA
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of El Dorado, California since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 9 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 9
- EF3 or stronger
- 0
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for El Dorado
The highest rating among the 9 tornadoes within 25 miles is F1 or EF1, reached 3 times; the most recent, on December 24, 2015, came within 9 miles. Of the 9, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 5 have come since 2000. The most recent tornado was on November 18, 2020. Of the 705 California cities on this site, 63% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than El Dorado. Hail has been reported within 10 miles once, in 2019, with stones of 0.75 inches (penny size). Of the 705 California cities, 72% have more hail reports within 10 miles than El Dorado.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of El Dorado
By decade
- 2020s2
- 2010s3
- 1990s1
- 1980s2
- 1970s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 2015 | EF1 | 9 mi | 6.21 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 23, 2010 | EF1 | 6 mi | 1.99 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 19, 1988 | F1 | 18 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 18, 2020 | EF0 | 4 mi | 4.39 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 18, 2020 | EF0 | 20 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 25, 2011 | EF0 | 25 mi | 0.35 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 23, 1990 | F0 | 23 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 3, 1983 | F0 | 25 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 1, 1972 | F0 | 22 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 9 of 9, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in El Dorado
The Storm Prediction Center has one hail report within 10 miles of El Dorado, from May 21, 2019: 0.75 inches (penny size).
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in El Dorado
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Pacific House, CA, 20 miles northeast of El Dorado at 3,450 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 90°F and low of 53°F; December is the coolest, at 43°F and 31°F. January is the wettest at 9.6 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.0 inches; the year adds up to 54.5 inches over 62 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 58 days a year, almost all from June to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 97 nights a year. Snowfall averages 58.2 inches a year, most of it in February. That 54.5 inches is more than at 219 of the 226 California stations used on this site (97%). Cameron Park, 7 miles west, has its own station (Auburn, CA): 36.1 inches a year, 18.4 less than here, and a July average high of 93°F against 90°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 44 | 32 | 9.6 | 9 | 10.1 |
| Feb | 50 | 31 | 8.8 | 9 | 17.3 |
| Mar | 56 | 33 | 8.8 | 9 | 13.5 |
| Apr | 63 | 36 | 4.9 | 7 | 5.4 |
| May | 72 | 42 | 3.2 | 5 | 0.6 |
| Jun | 82 | 47 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 90 | 53 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 89 | 53 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 83 | 49 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 66 | 41 | 2.9 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Nov | 51 | 35 | 5.3 | 6 | 3.8 |
| Dec | 43 | 31 | 9.4 | 10 | 7.4 |
| Year | 66 | 40 | 54.5 | 62 | 58.2 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Pacific House, CA (3,450 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near El Dorado
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 30 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of El Dorado: 23 floods, 5 heavy rain events and 2 thunderstorm wind reports. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $257,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 49 mph, on January 10, 2023.
December 1, 2012: heavy rain event 5 miles from the centre of El Dorado — 1 killed.
March 21, 2018: flood 9 miles from the centre of El Dorado — $100,000 damage.
December 31, 2022: flood 8 miles from the centre of El Dorado — $100,000 damage.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Flood insurance policyholders in El Dorado's ZIP code 95623 have filed 12 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1995, and were paid $263,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 50% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 415 California cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 19 have fewer than El Dorado.
El Dorado County, which includes El Dorado, has been named in 27 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 16 of them major disasters (by incident: 8 floods, 8 severe storms, 7 fires, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, on April 3, 2023. FEMA's National Risk Index gives El Dorado County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for inland flooding and lightning; Relatively Low for strong wind and heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes and hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $124.3 million a year, the 34th highest of 58 California counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $55.9 million (45%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
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Cities near El Dorado
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- Folsom, CA17 mi
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